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EP 2 560 601 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 15.12.2011 (43) Date of publication: 27.02.2013 Bulletin 2013/09 (21) Application number: 11715566.3 (22) Date of filing: 21.04.2011

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  A61J 1/06(2006.01) A61M 5/24(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/EP2011/056479 (87) International publication number: WO 2011/131780 (27.10.2011 Gazette 2011/43)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR (30) Priority: 29.07.2010 EP 10171167 23.04.2010 US 327293 P (71) Applicant: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH 65929 Frankfurt (DE)	(72) Inventors: PLUMPTRE, David Droitwich Spa Worcestershire WR9 7RQ (GB) AVERY, Richard, James, Vincent Chipping Campden Gloucestershire GL55 6TX (GB) BUTLER, Joseph Rugby Warwickshire CV23 0DL (GB)